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Streaming from São Paulo, Launch of Brazil ID Center Was a Great Success!

The Brazilian ID scene has come a long way very quickly. It’s quite amazing. Read More ›
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Michael Behe
Photo: Silkworm larvae, by Fastily [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

Japanese Silkworm Researcher Takes on Michael Behe, Proposing “Reducible Complexity”

The author acknowledges major longstanding debates about evolution and offers “certain essential avenues for deciphering the origin of complex adaptive traits.” Read More ›
Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails
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Photo source: William Creswell, Ford Model T Tourabout, c. 1910, via Flickr.

The Designed Body, Continued: Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails

Suppose I want to build a car that’s capable of getting me from point A to point B. It minimally takes several dozen parts. Read More ›
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Professional man swimmer inside swimming pool. Underwater panoramic image.
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The Designed Body: Irreducible Complexity on Steroids = Exquisite Engineering

Perhaps because life is so common, it’s easy to lose sight of how tenuous it is. Life depends on a delicate balance of forces. Read More ›
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Image: Cell with chaperone proteins, by Huber and Hoelz via Caltech.

More Marvels in the Molecular Machine Menagerie

As a plausible explanation of life's complexity, Darwinian thinking emerged when cellular biology was a great blur. Read More ›

Irreducible Complexity — A Simple Idea with Far-Ranging Consequences, Deadly to Darwinism

In this video, Michael Behe's key observation is conveyed effectively in just 2 minutes and 38 seconds. Read More ›
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Irreducible Complexity and the Evolutionary Literature: A Response to Critics

Following the publication of Darwin's Black Box, web-savvy fans of natural selection set up extensive, sophisticated sites to dispute the book. Read More ›

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